Xavier Birtwich's Collection
Miles Davis 01/17/1949
WPIX Studio, New York, NY
| Source | WPIX broadcast Miles Davis master folder Outlook account one drive |
| Media | FLAC 1 disc |
| Tech Notes | Miles Davis January 17, 1949 (4 items, 15:26) WPIX Studio, New York WPIX broadcast All-Star jam session Source: WPIX broadcast Lineage: Broadcast > unknown transfer > "Rare Miles Vol. 1" bootleg > wav > shn Miles Davis (tpt); Kai Winding (tb); Buddy DeFranco (cl); Eli "Lucky" Thompson (ts); Charlie Ventura (ts, bs); Al Haig (p); Oscar Pettiford (b); Shelly Manne (d) d1t01. The Squirrel (T. Dameron) 4:23 d1t02. Fine and Dandy (P. James-K. Swift) 2:21 d1t03. Anthropology (D. Gillespie-C. Parker) 3:43 d1t04. Body and Soul (J. Green-E. Heyman-R. Sour-F. Eyton) 4:59 ------------------------------------------------------ Notes: - A fine recording for its age, continuous with no breaks through the first three tracks. Slight hiss in the background. Occasional light crackle belies phonograph disc recording in the lineage. - d1t01. Voiceover 0:26-1:33: "Well, good evening, music lovers, and welcome once again to another WPIX jazz concert. We're kinda happy to have you with us this time, because, ah, we're observing some very, very conspicuous firsts -- our first readings of bebop, and a little while later during the program itself, two awards made by Metronome magazine. Our guests this evening, the lovely Carol Bruce, from the very successful musical Along Fifth Avenue, and the gentleman to her right is Mr. George Simon, the editor of Metronome magazine. More about them in just a moment, but right now I'd like to, ah, bring to your attention some of our personnel: there's Miles Davis on trumpet over there, and Lucky Thompson on sax. Buddy DeFranco'll be playing the clarinet this evening, Kai Winding on 'trambone', and Oscar Pettiford himself is up there on the bass. Rattling the skins is Shelly Manne, and the fella with the built-in hairdo is, ah, Al Haig on the piano. And they're doing things to a little item called 'The Squirrel', I'll have you know." - d1t02. Continues from last track. Announcer Introduction: "...Suite 88, with a little thing called 'Fine and Dandy', willya?" Voiceover at end of track ""Wonderful, Kenny,..." - d1t03. Continues from previous track. Announcers talking before music starts at track beginning "...Wonderful". "Jack?" "Yeah?" "Jack!" "Yeah" "The very charming Miles guy over there, Miles Davis, with, ah, a tune called 'Anthropology'. This is bebop!" - d1t04. Clapping from previous track continues briefly, then there is a cut in the continuity of the show at 0.68 s. Track cuts out abruptly with announcer saying , "Wonderful, kids, wonderful". - Announcer transcriptions courtesy Peter Losin, http://www.plosin.com/ - This version missing final track "How High the Moon (N. Hamilton-M. Lewis) 3:41", according to Losin. - Historically this show has been listed as an "WPIX Radio broadcast", however, WPIX was a television station established in NYC in June 15, 1948 (Channel 11), owned New York Daily News (the "PIX" in WPIX is shorthand for "pictures"). The radio station WPIX-FM was established in 1966 after the New York Daily News purchased WBFM and changed the call letters. The call letters for WPIX-FM were changed to WQCD in 1988. |
| Trades Allowed | Yes |
| Ratings | Sound: FM |
| Reference / Generation | Firewalkwithme41@gma |
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· Last Updated May 23, 2023
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